BACKGROUND: The Endometrioid Borderline ovarian tumor (EBOT) is the third most common histological subtype of borderline ovarian tumors. Due to the low incidence of disease, literature is scanty about the prognosis and management of this en…
To compare two different surgical techniques for the resection of the cardinal ligaments during radical operation for cervical cancer, 84 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (FIGO stages IB-IIA > or = 4 cm, IIB-III) primarily tre…
Fourteen patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma (FIGO stages III-IV) resistant to cisplatin were submitted to an alternating regimen with doxorubicin (A), cyclophosphamide (C), bleomycin (B) and mitomycin C (M). All patients had measurabl…
Serum levels of CA 15-3 were measured in 778 samples from 270 patients with benign and malignant gynecological conditions. Malignant tumors were present in 180 patients including 58 cases with cancer of the ovary, 47 of the endometrium, 61 …